COMMONWEALTH v. THOMAS

SJC-10009

451 Mass. 451 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH v. JAMAAL J. THOMAS & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Epstein for the defendant.

Michelle R. King, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Ian Stone, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

At issue is an order of a District Court judge directing the Commonwealth to produce to the defendants "statistical data" to be derived by the Commonwealth from uniform motor vehicle citations (and other information). The citations were issued by the State trooper who arrested the defendants after a traffic stop. The Commonwealth, asserting that the information is not subject to discovery under Mass. R. Crim...

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